Fallout: New Vegas Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

Should you choose to head outside via the door on this second floor, you'll be led to the rickety old wooden rollercoaster surrounding the hotel complex. This is unnecessary to explore, but since this is early in the game, you'll likely be anxious to earn some experience points. If so, run the track as far as you can in both directions to draw any straggling enemies out from hiding. Then, eliminate them before heading back inside. You're now done here completely, so there's nothing more for you to do but to return to the first floor, and then back outside to the dilapidated city streets of Primm.

It's time to seek out Deputy Beagle, who you rescued from the escaped convicts back in the casino/hotel. You can find him at the Vikki and Vance Casino, sitting at the bar in the far right corner of the main room. Upon speaking with him, you'll be able to learn details that don't only help advance this particular quest, but the Side Quest known as My Kind of Town as well. Ultimately, if you ask him about the men who attacked you, you'll find that more information can be found at a location called Novac. You'll also be able to offer the deputy help in finding a new sheriff. But again, that's associated with the My Kind of Town side quest, and won't be covered here.

To get to Novac, you'll first have to make your way to the settlement known as Nipton. Nipton itself is located a bit to the southeast of Primm, so you're going to have to travel by foot over land to get there. En route, expect to find yourself under attack by some last remnants of the convicts and Powder Gangers you've been fighting with for a while now. As usual, the contingent of enemies that fight you out in the wide open in the Mojave Wasteland will have a hodgepodge of melee weapons and firearms, so deal with the latter first if you can, since they create the bigger menace for you.

Eventually, after traveling overland for a bit, you'll see some fire and smoke in the distance. Unfortunately for the residents of Nipton, the infamous Caesar's Legion arrived here first. Caesar's Legion is in direct competition with the New California Republic over control of the Mojave Wasteland, and it appears the Legion has won this round. As you approach the entrance of the settlement, an elated man named Oliver Swanick will greet you. He's running out of town going on and on about winning the lottery. Unfortunately, you'll learn just what the nature of this morbid lottery is soon enough.